Purse



July 19, 1938. i CLM/.EZ 2,124287 PURSE original Filed Jan. 25,v 1957 Patented July 19, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application January 25, 1937, Serial No. 122,137. Renewed June 15, 1938. In France January 31,

The present invention4 relates to flexible purses made of leather or any other suitablematerial.

The object of the present invention is to provide a purse of the type which may be reduced, by merely folding it, to a size sufficiently small to be readily inserted into a very small pocket, and which when in open position is large enough to permit an easy selection of any of the various denominations of coins contained therein.

I accomplish this object by means of a purse made from a single piece of leather, which is suitably cut and held together by only two rows of stitching, as a consequence of which the article is very easy to make and extremely inexpensive to manufacture.

These and other advantages of the present invention will be clear from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment thereof.

One embodiment of the present invention is hereinafter described in the specification, and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the folded purse, ready to be closed or opened; l

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the purse, illustrating the same in unfolded position;

Fig. 3 is a view of the blank piece of leather from which the purse is made.

Referring to the drawing, the leather piece from which the purse is to be made is cut in such manner as to form a flap A for closing the purse and a body B1, B2 which is to be folded along lines b1, b2, 1f-d, and c-ci-cz, the latter being oblique. The edge Ei-bi-Ez is V-shaped and, after folding, lines Eibi and Ezbi are brought together and connected by a row of stitching, so as to form an inward fold on the lateral side. The edge FibiFz is brought together and connected by a row of stitching, the latter running merely along' a distance designated HibzHz, so as to leave angles HiFi and HaFL. free. When the purse is folded, the edge formed by d, EiEz, d can engage between said free portions HiFi and HzFz, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be readily understood that, by push-v ing the edge bzHiFiFz toward the edge EiEzbi, I produce the outward folding of face dcFiFz about c-c1--2, and the inward folding of B1 and Bz about line c-d, as shown by Fig. 1.

The end d EiFz d is thus caused to engage FiHiHzFz.

The coins to be held by the purse are placed in the space limited by the lines EiEzb-bi c-c c1 c2. It is clear that, in this position of the elements of the purse, they occupy very little space.

If the purse is closed and flap A is opened, andv 2 Claims. (Cl. 15o-37) edge b2c is pulled outwardly, the purse opens widely, coming into the position illustrated by Fig. 2, and there is room enough to permit the fingers to pick up any desired coin.

It will be clear from the above description that the purse, according to the present invention, has the following advantages: It occupies but very little space when closed, although it forms a relatively wide pocket when opened. The manufacture of the present device is very simple, since the whole purse is made from a single piece of leather, with only two seams to be stitched.

0f course, face AB might be twofold, so as to form a pocket adapted to contain papers or banknotes or the like.

In a general manner, while I have, in the above description, disclosed what I deem to be a practical and eicient embodiment of the present invention, it should be understood that I do not wish to be limited as to details, because changes may be made in the arrangement, disposition and form of the parts without departing from the principle of the present invention.

What I claim is:

1. A purse made of a single sheet of a supple material of general rectangular shape having two parallel folds parallel to one side of the sheet, one of said folds being located in the middle part of the sheet and the other along one side of said sheet, the edge of said'last mentioned side of the sheet forming an angle having its opening turned outwardly and its apex located upon said second mentioned fold, the two sides of said angle being sewn together, a third fold extending at right angles to the two first mentioned folds and starting from said apex, and two folds starting both `from the intersection of the first and third folds with each other and extending 'respectively to the ends of the other side of said sheet that is parallel to the two first mentioned folds, the two halves of said last mentioned side being s ewn together from said third mentioned fold to a small distance from said ends of said last mentioned side, whereby vin the folded position of the purse, said last mentioned side is brought between the two other sides of the sheet which extend at right angles to the two first mentioned folds, and means for securing the parts together in the closed position of the purse.

2. A purse according to claim 1 in which the last mentioned means consist of a flap integral with said sheet `and forming an outward .projection of the part of the sheet extending between the two first mentioned folds.

JEAN CLAVIEZ. 

